I'm Out There Arguing The Labor Case.

I Am Deeply Committed To The Cause Of Indigenous Australians, And Not Just Because Of The Apology, But The Big Challenges Which Lie Ahead In Closing The Gap.

Australians Are A Passionate Lot. We Are Also A Very Practical Lot.

As Nations We Should Also Commit Afresh To Righting Past Wrongs. In Australia We Began This Recently With The First Australians - The Oldest Continuing Culture In Human History. On Behalf Of The Australian Parliament, This Year I Offered An Apology To Indigenous Australians For The Wrongs They Had Suffered In The Past.

If Australia Wants An Effective United Nations, We Have To Be Comprehensively, Not Marginally, Engaged.

There Are Many Who Criticise The United Nations. And Those Of Us Who Know This Institution Well Know That It Is Not Immune From Criticism. But Those Who Argue Against The United Nations Advance No Credible Argument As To What Should Replace It. Whatever Its Imperfections, The United Nations Represents A Necessary Democracy Of States.